Amanda Ansell facts for kids
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Amanda Ansell
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Amanda Ansell in her studio, 2014
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| Occupation | Artist |
Amanda Ansell is an English artist born in 1976. She is known for her unique abstract paintings. Abstract art does not show things exactly as they look in real life. Instead, it uses shapes, colors, and lines to create feelings or ideas.
Amanda studied art at two famous schools. She went to Norwich University of the Arts from 1995 to 1998. Then, she continued her studies at the Slade School of Fine Art in University College London until 2000.
After living in London for seven years, Amanda moved back to her home county of Suffolk in 2006. There, she started an artist residency at Firstsite in Colchester. An artist residency is a special time and place where artists can focus on their work. In the same year, some of her art was chosen for an exhibition at Kettles Yard in Cambridge. She was also nominated for a special art award called Jerwood Contemporary Painters.
Her paintings often use a small number of colors. She uses these colors to explore how artists connect with nature.
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Discovering Amanda Ansell's Art
Amanda Ansell's art is displayed in many places. She has shown her work in both group and solo exhibitions. This means her art has been part of shows with other artists, and also in shows where only her art is featured.
Where Her Art Has Been Shown
Amanda's paintings have been seen in many important art spaces.
- In 2018, her work was part of the "Royal Academy Summer Exhibition" at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. This is a very well-known art show.
- Her art also traveled to China. It was part of an exhibition called "Contemporary Masters from Britain" in 2017 and 2018. This show visited the Yantai Art Museum, Jiangsu Art Gallery, and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.
- She has also had solo exhibitions. For example, her show "River" was at The Oasis Gallery in Essex in 2018. Her exhibition "Rearranging Curves" was at Westminster Reference Library in 2016.
Where Her Art Is Kept
Many museums and collections own Amanda Ansell's artwork. This means her paintings are part of permanent collections that people can visit and enjoy.
- The East Contemporary Art Collection at the University of Suffolk has her work.
- The Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum in Nanjing, China, also owns some of her pieces.
- Her art is also part of the Swindon Art Gallery collection.
- The The Priseman Seabrook Collection, a private collection, includes her paintings too.
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Amanda Ansell in her studio, 2014
